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Russian national faces trial for alleged failure to report terror attack plot

Russian citizen Vyacheslav Pavlovsky, who has allegedly failed to report planned terror attacks to the police, will go on trial.

16:29 18.03.2019

Internet retailer Ulmart owes $10 mln to its co-owner Kostygin

The Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has granted two applications lodged by a co-owner of Russian Internet retailer Ulmart Dmitry Kostygin seeking to include the company’s 660-million-ruble debt (over $10 million) to him in the creditors’ list.

13:24 18.03.2019

Online media outlet owner pleads not guilty to extortion from Russian bank

Owner and chief editor of Finnews online media outlet Vladimir Shevchenko on Monday pleaded not guilty to extortion of money from Russian Agricultural Bank.

12:47 18.03.2019

Ex-director of children’s camp gets 9.5 years Karelia lake tragedy case

Ex-director of Syamozero Park Hotel camp Elena Reshetova on Monday was sentenced to 9.5 years behind bars as part of a criminal case on the death of children in Karelia’s Syamozero lake in 2016.

11:53 18.03.2019

Arrest of escaped ex-banker charged with $520 mln embezzlement appealed

The Moscow City Court has set March 27 as a date for hearing an appeal against arrest of ex-president of Otkritie Bank Eugeny Dankevich charged with embezzling 34 billion rubles (about $520 million) in absentia.

10:59 18.03.2019

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

12:53 09.12.2025

Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025